Elephant Point
| Elephant Point | ||
.jpg) View of Elephant Point, background: Hurd Peninsula and Roschen Peninsula |
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| Coordinates | 62 ° 42 ′ S , 60 ° 51 ′ W | |
| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Waters | Kavarna Cove | |
| Waters 2 | Bransfield Street | |
 Map of the Byers Peninsula ( Livingston Island ) with Elephant Point (bottom right) |
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The Elephant Point ( Spanish Morro Cuadrado Negro or Cerro Negro Cuadrado ) is a mainly ice-free headland , which is dominated by a black, cuboid rock formation. It represents the southernmost point of the western part of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . The headland marks the south-western limit of the entrance to Kavarna Cove .
The name goes back to the British seal hunter Robert Fildes (1793-1827), who worked in the waters around the South Shetland Islands from 1820 to 1822. For a long time Fildes' headland was mistakenly located on the rocky cliff known today as Miers Bluff . It is named after the numerous elephant seals that can be found here .
Web links
- Elephant Point in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Elephant Point on geographic.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cuadrado Negro, morro at the Australian Antarctic Data Center, accessed on January 2, 2017
- ↑ Negro Cuadrado, Cerro at the Australian Antarctic Data Center, accessed January 2, 2017